The recent emergence of Leishmania tropica in Jericho (A'riha) and its environs, a classical focus of L. major

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 812-816

  Al Jawabreh, A ^a,b,f   Schnur, L F ^c   Nasereddin, A ^c   Schwenkenbecher, J M ^a,f   Abdeen, Z ^d,e   Barghuthy, F ^e   Khanfar, H ^e   Presber, W ^a,f   Schonian G ^a,f  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Islah Charitable Social Society   (Palestine)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Department of Community Health   (Palestine)

^e AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^f HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Filter papers; ITS1 PCR; Jericho area; Leishmania major; Leishmania tropica

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENDONUCLEASE;

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EMERGENCE; MONITORING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMASTIGOTE; ARAB; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; FILTER; FLY; HOST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PARASITE VECTOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMASTIGOTE; SKIN DEFECT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TRAVEL;

ANIMALS; ARABS; DNA, PROTOZOAN; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; LEISHMANIASIS, CUTANEOUS; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; JERICHO; MIDDLE EAST; OCCUPIED TERRITORIES; WEST BANK;

ANIMALIA; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIA TROPICA; PHLEBOTOMINAE; PROTOZOA;

EID: 3242715743     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2004.01268.x     Document Type: Article

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